CRP and hypertensive disorder: After adjusting for age, gender, BMI, hypertension, diabetes, total cholesterol/HDL-C, triglyceride, eGFR, uric acid, calcium, highest quartile of CRP, smoking, alcohol consumption, and regular exercise, KSD was positively related to increased arterial stiffness (OR, 1.344; 95% CI, 1.095–1.649) (Table 3).